Dylan Purcell
@dylancpurcell.bsky.social
Investigative reporter/data journalist Philadelphia @inquirer.com. Southpaw. Pulitzer Prize winner & 2x finalist. Temple University alum.
How many streets in America have something as cool as Philly city hall at one end and the Liberty Bell at the other? The area needs visionaries.
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Fashion District owner is ‘cautiously optimistic’ on future of its Center City mall
The Macerich CEO broke his silence on the state of Market East's perennially troubled mall.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
How many streets in America have something as cool as Philly city hall at one end and the Liberty Bell at the other? The area needs visionaries.
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Never give up on your memes
October 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Never give up on your memes
Bring back ties so wide you could use them as curtains.
October 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Bring back ties so wide you could use them as curtains.
More Philly murders are solved. By rate. It’s an important measure and also a product of several interesting things happening. @ellierushing.bsky.social and I dug into the details.
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Philly detectives are solving homicides at the highest rate in 40 years as violence plummets and tech improves
Still, nearly 800 killings between 2021 and 2023 have yet to result in an arrest, according to an Inquirer analysis.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
More Philly murders are solved. By rate. It’s an important measure and also a product of several interesting things happening. @ellierushing.bsky.social and I dug into the details.
www.inquirer.com/crime/philad...
www.inquirer.com/crime/philad...
I’m a sucker for artist renderings of new Philly buildings. Show me the future.
I talked with Mike Pestronk about why he is bullish on the Philadelphia apartment market--the glut is easing!--but less confident in larger, family size apartments www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...
Post Brothers move forward on Piazza Alta in a sign that the construction slump may be easing
The Post Brothers' push to add more apartments to Northern Liberties, which has seen an extraordinary building boom, suggests a thaw in the construction freeze.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’m a sucker for artist renderings of new Philly buildings. Show me the future.
One of these happened right outside a frequent lunch spot of mine. Excellent piece by @dgambacorta.bsky.social
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Brazen armored truck robberies in Philadelphia marked a sweltering summer
While the city endured punishing heatwaves, a crew of armed thieves staged daring — and increasingly dangerous — daytime robberies.
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October 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
One of these happened right outside a frequent lunch spot of mine. Excellent piece by @dgambacorta.bsky.social
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(bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??
September 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
(bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??
Something’s up with the neighbor’s house.
September 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Something’s up with the neighbor’s house.
I don’t know the context at all but this was on my feed so I’m happy for Tony.
Tony ate a couple of mouthfuls at lunch & dinner. Managed to get him settled, listening to music, so went back to work after lunch. When I went back about 3 he was calm & relatively lucid. No recollection of his upset morning thank goodness.
September 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I don’t know the context at all but this was on my feed so I’m happy for Tony.
I asked ChatGPT how many internet jokes autocorrect has ruined and it said, “no doubt the number is in the millions”
AI looks like accurate to me.
AI looks like accurate to me.
September 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I asked ChatGPT how many internet jokes autocorrect has ruined and it said, “no doubt the number is in the millions”
AI looks like accurate to me.
AI looks like accurate to me.
But hey, on the bright side…
September 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
But hey, on the bright side…
As a higher poverty city there’s less margin to absorb inflation without raises.
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Philly’s income growth has stalled amid high inflation, leaving some stretched thin
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Philly's median household income decreased in 2024.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
As a higher poverty city there’s less margin to absorb inflation without raises.
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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It could be worse.
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It could be worse.
Current VW situation.
September 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Current VW situation.
I am watching a different Alien Earth series than many other people. This one is terrible with no likable characters.
September 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I am watching a different Alien Earth series than many other people. This one is terrible with no likable characters.
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Anti-extremism researchers say they’ve identified a group claiming responsibility for the hoax active-shooter calls that led to massive police responses and widespread panic at Villanova University and other colleges as students returned to campus last week.
Anti-extremism researchers say they’ve identified group claiming responsibility for Villanova hoax shooter call, provide audio of Bucknell incident
Researchers from Global Project Against Hate and Extremism says a member of a group called Purgatory claimed responsibility for the call, as well as another made to Bucknell.
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August 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Anti-extremism researchers say they’ve identified a group claiming responsibility for the hoax active-shooter calls that led to massive police responses and widespread panic at Villanova University and other colleges as students returned to campus last week.
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Oh boy. Went fearlessly into the politics of driving on this one with fellow data colleague Lizzie Mulvey. #PickupTruck #Tesla #RubberDucks
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Do you drive a ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’ car? We analyzed 11 million Pa. vehicle records to find out
American trucks are popular in GOP-dominated areas. Teslas are big in Democratic regions.
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August 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Oh boy. Went fearlessly into the politics of driving on this one with fellow data colleague Lizzie Mulvey. #PickupTruck #Tesla #RubberDucks
www.inquirer.com/cars/registe...
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Kid me dreamed of a future with robots. Now I just enjoy watching them wipe out.
World’s First ‘Robot Olympics’ Featured Soccer, Kickboxing and Lots of Falling Down www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w...
World's First 'Robot Olympics' Featured Soccer, Kickboxing and Lots of Falling Down
Hundreds of humanoids from 16 countries stumbled over each other while competing in the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing
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August 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Kid me dreamed of a future with robots. Now I just enjoy watching them wipe out.
My wife just informed me about Cracker Barrel destroying itself. Whatever their stock has fallen to it should be cut thrice more.
What a colossal blunder by the CEO to not understand the brand at all.
What a colossal blunder by the CEO to not understand the brand at all.
August 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My wife just informed me about Cracker Barrel destroying itself. Whatever their stock has fallen to it should be cut thrice more.
What a colossal blunder by the CEO to not understand the brand at all.
What a colossal blunder by the CEO to not understand the brand at all.